For example, there is a shot of the drummer marching through a series of kiosks that were the precursors of the free market. There is also a scene where there is a “meeting between slum dwellers and a foreign delegation of real estate developers. The drummer meets a French businessman at a Russian-style party” (Anna Lawton, 287). This scene would only be possible with the recently established free market in Russia. As for the Westernization commentary, Drum Roll shows the drummer going to Paris and returning with a variety of Western items such as flashy designer clothes and electronic equipment. When he leaves his belongings in a taxi, he is promptly robbed and returns to his normal state. The director includes this event to show how elements of the Western world would not survive on the native Russian